Agricultural Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Bioresource Technology	106
2	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	87
3	Soil Biology & Biochemistry	75
4	Agronomy-Basel	70
5	Industrial Crops and Products	68
6	Agriculture-Basel	67
7	Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry	66
8	CATENA	59
9	Geoderma	58
10	Agricultural Water Management	54
11	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	53
12	Animals	52
13	Soil & Tillage Research	50
14	Applied Soil Ecology	48
-	Postharvest Biology and Technology	48
16	Scientia Horticulturae	47
-	Field Crops Research	47
-	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	47
19	Horticulturae	46
-	Biomass & Bioenergy	46
21	Journal of Dairy Science	45
22	Biosystems Engineering	41
-	Poultry Science	41
-	Plant and Soil	41
25	Agricultural Systems	40
26	Crop Journal	39
-	European Journal of Agronomy	39
-	Animal Nutrition	39
29	Biochar	37
-	Land Degradation & Development	37
31	Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology	36
-	Food Policy	36
-	British Food Journal	36
-	Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture	36
35	Agronomy for Sustainable Development	35
-	Journal of Integrative Agriculture	35
-	Precision Agriculture	35
38	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	34
-	Animal	34
40	Pest Management Science	33
41	Plant Phenomics	32
42	Horticultural Plant Journal	31
43	Theoretical and Applied Genetics	30
-	Pedosphere	30
45	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	29
46	Biology and Fertility of Soils	27
-	Rhizosphere	27
-	Journal of Soils and Sediments	27
-	Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture	27
50	Global Change Biology Bioenergy	26

51	Animal Feed Science and Technology	25
-	European Journal of Soil Science	25
-	Aquacultural Engineering	25
-	Journal of Animal Science	25
55	Rice	24
-	Gesunde Pflanzen	24
-	Agriculture and Human Values	24
-	Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy	24
59	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	23
-	Crop Protection	23
-	Rice Science	23
-	Soil Use and Management	23
63	Animal Bioscience	22
-	Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection	22
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	22
66	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	21
-	Soil	21
-	Agricultural Economics	21
-	Agronomy Journal	21
-	Animal Frontiers	21
-	Animal Reproduction Science	21
-	Cogent Food & Agriculture	21
-	Geoderma Regional	21
74	China Agricultural Economic Review	20
-	Crop Science	20
76	Agroforestry Systems	19
-	American Journal of Agricultural Economics	19
-	Tropical Animal Health and Production	19
-	Irrigation Science	19
-	Journal of Animal Science and Technology	19
-	Soil Science Society of America Journal	19
-	Plant Pathology	19
83	International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability	18
-	Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis	18
-	Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science	18
-	Livestock Science	18
-	Sugar Tech	18
-	Crop & Pasture Science	18
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	18
90	Molecular Breeding	17
-	European Journal of Plant Pathology	17
-	Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution	17
-	Journal of Agricultural Economics	17
-	Worlds Poultry Science Journal	17
-	Potato Research	17
96	Horticulture Environment and Biotechnology	16
-	Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition	16
-	Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems	16
-	Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science	16
-	Eurasian Soil Science	16
101	Irrigation and Drainage	15
-	Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science	15
-	Cereal Research Communications	15
-	International Journal of Fruit Science	15
-	Reproduction in Domestic Animals	15
-	Vadose Zone Journal	15
-	Agribusiness	15
108	Hortscience	14
-	Animal Genetics	14
-	Animal Production Science	14
-	Aquaculture Economics & Management	14
-	Journal of Applied Animal Research	14
-	Journal of Reproduction and Development	14
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	14
-	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems	14
-	Weed Science	14
-	Euphytica	14
-	Grass and Forage Science	14
-	Small Ruminant Research	14
-	Outlook on Agriculture	14
-	European Review of Agricultural Economics	14
122	Annals of Agricultural Sciences	13
-	Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems	13
-	Breeding Science	13
-	Canadian Journal of Soil Science	13
-	Animal Biotechnology	13
-	Journal of Applied Poultry Research	13
-	Journal of Land Use Science	13
-	Plant Soil and Environment	13
-	Erwerbs-Obstbau	13
131	International Journal of Plant Production	12
-	Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology	12
-	Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agricola e Ambiental	12
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	12
-	Paddy and Water Environment	12
-	Phytoparasitica	12
-	Plant Breeding	12
-	Domestic Animal Endocrinology	12
-	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	12
-	Annals of Applied Biology	12
-	Journal of Agricultural Science	12
-	Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics	12
-	Canadian Journal of Plant Science	12
-	Weed Technology	12
145	International Food and Agribusiness Management Review	11
-	Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research	11
-	British Poultry Science	11
-	Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research	11
-	Pedobiologia	11
-	Czech Journal of Animal Science	11
-	International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering	11
-	Animal Science Journal	11
-	Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics	11
-	Archives Animal Breeding	11
-	Journal of Poultry Science	11
-	Seed Science and Technology	11
-	Soil Research	11
-	Mycobiology	11
-	Tree Genetics & Genomes	11
-	Weed Research	11
161	Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	10
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	10
-	Experimental Agriculture	10
-	International Agrophysics	10
-	Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics-Revue Canadienne d'Agroeconomie	10
-	Soil and Water Research	10
-	Ciencia Rural	10
168	Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences	9
-	Italian Journal of Agronomy	9
-	Journal of Agricultural Engineering	9
-	Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences	9
-	Journal of Dairy Research	9
-	New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research	9
-	Plant Protection Science	9
-	Agrekon	9

-	Horticulture Journal	9
-	Horttechnology	9
-	Revista Caatinga	9
-	New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science	9
-	Plant Production Science	9
-	Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika	9
182	American Journal of Potato Research	8
-	Arid Land Research and Management	8
-	Bragantia	8
-	Canadian Journal of Animal Science	8
-	Journal of Wine Economics	8
-	Engenharia Agricola	8
-	Horticultural Science	8
-	American Journal of Enology and Viticulture	8
-	Archives of Animal Nutrition	8
-	Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science	8
-	Cahiers Agricultures	8
-	Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding	8
-	Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B-Soil and Plant Science	8
-	Acta Scientiarum Polonorum-Hortorum Cultus	8
196	Indian Journal of Animal Sciences	7
-	Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia-Brazilian Journal of Animal Science	7
-	Journal of Plant Registrations	7
-	California Agriculture	7
-	Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira	7

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